QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

Managing live traffic conditions, crossing of sensitive services.

Liaising with LLDC (Development company), local businesses and residents, TFL, LB Newham Highways department and major businesses such as Westfield.

Value engineering schemes through innovative thinking based on many years’ experience.

Delivering schemes with extremely challenging heat on dates, delivering on time and budget for our client.

Providing hot tapping solutions and specialist works and carrying out over 10 hot taps on district heating and cooling systems.

Expanding existing fibre optic network around Olympic Park by connecting new developments to existing spine.

Clapham Park Regeneration Scheme

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

Working around sensitive services. For instance, the design consisted of the removal, over pumping and replacement of a 900mm diameter concrete foul drain crossing the line of pipework which we undertook by threading the DH pipe carefully under the foul drain, resulting in a significant value engineering saving for the Employer and de-risks this part of the project.

In order to meet the challenging Employer heat on dates in phase 2, we accelerated the works by increasing our resources, working in multiple areas and planning the works in such a way as to avoid disruption to local residents and businesses. This required careful engineering and planning due to the extremely low tolerances involved in joining pipes laid in separate sections.

As part of our project scope we liaised with local residents and stakeholders, keeping them informed of the works as they progressed as well as undertaking enabling works such as temporary car parking bays, temporary bin locations and installing new residential drainage connections.

Working in UXO listed area under UXO specialist supervision and implementing suitable methodology.

Following TPO requirements and using protection measures around tree roots while excavating.

Park Royal Regency Heights

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

Installation of 350m dual Kingspan LOGSTOR pipe in 700m trench with depth between 1.7 to 3.5m deep.

Worked alongside and co-ordinating with other contractors under the same master plan, using daily and weekly coordination meetings.

Implementing engineering solution to connect onto a live network, via pipe freezing and line stopping of 600mm diameter twin spine.

Liaison with local authority and stakeholders to enable road works and facilitate installation of 3 new connections into the developments.

NINE ELMS US EMBASSY CONNECTION

The works were mostly constructed in the public highway at depths of up to 3m. The works involved connecting the DHN into the US Embassy, & Ballymore Embassy Quarter site, Bellway Phase 1, Bellway Phase 2, and future connection to Royal Mail plots. We have full responsibility of the site as Principal Contractor and designers including liaison with all stakeholders, local businesses, residents, TFL and the local highways authority.

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

Managing the excavation and disposal of a material contaminated with heavy metals to be disposed of at a specialist facility.

Working in a challenging environment within a very constrained worksite alongside a live traffic environment, maintaining traffic flow whilst keeping the workforce safe.

Completed a challenging programme on time and on budget allowing the ESCo to meet their heat on contractual obligations.

On spot design alterations to overcome unseen challenges.

Coodinating multiple civils and mechanical gangs working towards each other and using engineering solutions for an accurate installation.